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Training Weekend Payment Instructions

In line with how LESC collects members fees, you can now use use online payments via the links below which is quicker and more secure than posting a cheque. If paying for multiple boats, please
repeat the payment process.

Alternatively you can send a cheque, made out to 'Loch Earn Sailing Club', with a written application form,
to Colin Tait, 9 King David Drive, Inverbervie DD10 0SW.

Brown Cup 2018 Report & Results

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Loch Earn Sailing Club Brown Cup Scottish Schools Championships 2018

The Brown Cup Scottish Schools Championships took place on Monday 11th June at Loch Earn Sailing Club. LESC have been proudly running this event for Schools for 59 years and were delighted to
welcome back Brooks Macdonald as the event sponsor. They very kindly supplied logo'd rash vests for all the competitors.

Prior to the Championships a training weekend was run by coaches who had all been previous Brown Cup entrants.

The event attracted 64 entrants this year representing over 28 Scottish schools. The event format consists of 3 races all to count with classes for Optimist, Topper & Handicap. School teams
competing for the Brown Cup name their teams of 3 boats prior to the first race. This year there were 12 teams competing for the Brown Cup.

The weather was perfect for the event this year with a steady Easterly all day ranging from 6 mph to 12 mph by the last race. This resulted in three great races with plenty of action for the
spectators in front of the race box.

The Brown Cup is unique in that as well as the squad sailors who are seasoned race competitors, many of the entrants were sailing a regatta for the first time. It was great to see a high standard
throughout all the entrants and the hope is that some of our new competitors have now got the desire to do more regattas.

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Brown Cup 2015

84 Competitors assembled at Loch Earn Monday 8th of June for the 56th Brown Cup.

The cup was hotly contested between McLaren High School & Hermitage Academy.

Unfortunately due to a technical glitch with the results software when applying the count back the cup was
awarded wrongly to Hermitage Academy. Fortunately this was corrected after the prize giving. A big thank you to Catie Warburton who spotted the glitch with her result and brought it to our
attention.

So apologies to Hermitage & McLaren High School for the mistake. Well done to McLaren High School for
winning the 56th Brown Cup by 1 point over Hermitage Academy.

This was the 1st time in the history of the Brown Cup that McLaren High School have taken the honours,
congratulations to Catie Warburton, Alastair Murphy & Andrew Murphy.

Colin Tait & Cammy Murray.

Photographs from the day were taken by LESC member Craig Pagett and can be found at the following
link www.eventfulimages.co.uk , click on PROOFING GALLERIES then when prompted, enter the
password 'Loch Earn'.

Brown Cup 2014

Once again the Brown Cup was a great success. 36 boats took part in a great training weekend followed by the Brown Cup on Monday with an 80 boat turnout.
Thanks to all the helpers from LESC and helpers from the visitors who all helped the event run like clockwork. Well done to Hermitage Academy in 1st place & Robert Gordons College in 2nd
place.

Great to see LESC club members taking part .Well done to Aaron Murray 5th place in the H/cap fleet, Nicol Halcrow 18th in the H/Cap fleet & Anna
Scougal 15th place in the Topper fleet. Anna has been sailing hard in the club races in her Topper and 15th place in a 33 boat fleet was an excellent result.

I’ve left the best to last and what a result for the Orr family & LESC with Cults Academy finishing in 3rd place for the Brown Cup. Mhari finished 6th in the H/Cap fleet, Alex finished 8th in the
H/cap fleet & Becky finished 10th in the Topper fleet. This is the best overall Brown Cup result during the years that I have been involved from LESC members so well done. Colin
Tait 10.06.14

Left to right, 2nd place Robert Gordon's College, 1st place Hermitage Academy, 3rd place LESC members representing Cults Academy

Brown Cup 2013

Eighteen schools from across Scotland competed for the Brown Cup at Loch Earn Sailing Club last year. Congratulations to the team from Dunblane High School who were the worthy winners.
Fortrose Academy was a very close second with only one point separating the two teams. Full details of the results are given below.﻿

The following photographs have been provided courtesy of Alan Henderson from Fotoboat. More images from the Brown Cup can be seen at www.fotoboat.com and the Galleries page of this website.

The Brown Cup - an overview

(Scottish Schools National Sailing Championship)

The idea of widening sailing competition beyond club membership to local schools was the idea of Jack Brown, who was the Commodore of Loch Earn Sailing Club from 1960 to 1962. He put up the Brown
Cup for annual competition. Thus the Club began hosting a June regatta, specifically for sailors still at school, which is unique in Scottish sailing circles.

The Brown Cup races are normally held on a Monday school day in June. Over the preceeding two days the youngsters are trained by qualified RYA coaches in the finer points of dinghy racing. On the
Monday a series of races are held where the participants can practise the skills they have learnt over the preceeding days. Schools from all over Scotland are invited to compete in teams of three.
This is a prestigious event and Loch Earn Sailing Club is recognised across Scotland and also by the Royal Yachting Association for the high standard of race coaching which is delivered.